How do I Make my Building Smarter?

We are all confronted by an ever widening array of advancing, converging technologies that can assess and manage critical situations, distribute information and coordinate resources to deliver an intelligent, responsive and adaptable working environment.

It’s undoubted that even relatively low-level integration will deliver greater efficiencies, improved cost control and energy savings.

However, what if integration were not limited to technology?  Imagine the benefits from an enterprise platform that creates a control hierarchy sitting above all technological disciplines, managing not only technology, but also human resources and processes.

Enterprise-level Command & Control will integrate multiple elements and deliver a holistic approach to delivering control across an organisation. Greater synergies are created between core sub-systems such as security and fire safety protection, power, communications and building energy management. The benefits result in cost savings, revenue opportunities and improvements in manpower resources.

Intelligent and accountable working environments

In essence, Enterprise-level Command & Control will deliver access to a wider range of resources to manage any situation.  Distance between sites is no longer a barrier.

Activities are centralised to reduce cost, which puts greater importance on effective communication. To mitigate human error, decision-making is more systematic and the need to follow a logical workflow is vital.

It improves the effectiveness of critical control room applications, including call handling, resource allocation and despatch. Should a critical event occur, the operator will receive a call via the telephony integration; he then identifies the type of event and logs the relevant information.

The system automatically prompts the operator with questions about the scope of the issue, quickly identifying key parameters such as people in danger and hazardous materials and providing an audit trail for every action.

For many operations, time is critical, so operators need information at their fingertips. They have a decision management workflow that assigns priorities, determines activities and allows them to assign the appropriate actions and resources.

Enterprise-level Command & Control will deliver smart working environments. The improved assessment, management and resolution of critical situations and protection of vital assets will be provided through improved automated decision-making, more efficient workflow procedures and greater convergence of technologies.

In line with the need for both the public and private sectors to lower costs, these software platforms will enable improved operational performance, safer communities, safer business, improved shared services, greater efficiencies and cost reductions.

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